Bevy 0.19 is out now! It features Next Generation Scenes, Render Bigger Scenes Faster, Contact Shadows, More Feathers Widgets, Text Input, Richer Text, App Settings, Post Processing Effects, Improved Skinned Mesh Culling, and more! bevy.org/news/bevy-0-19

Typst really makes Accessible PDFs look so easy.

Francois and I are hosting a #bevy workshop at RustWeek again this year! We're trying a different approach: handing new-ish users a simple working game and encouraging them to explore and modify it. Take a gander at github.com/alice-i-ceci...: this should still be fun even learning self-directed.

With final work on the docs for PHP and Java integrations almost done, Oicana now has seven integrations 🥳 Through the integrations, you can create PDFs from #Typst with TS/JS in the browser and in Node.js, with C#, Java, Python, PHP, and Rust.

The first talk of our meetup is live now: In the keynote, we tell-all about our journey from scrappy upstarts to a professional open source project. New uploads every weekday (Mo-Fri) at 17:00 UTC on YouTube. Subscribe so you don't miss the 10 talks! www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOQX...

The results of Bevy Jam #7 are in! We had 310 participants, 64 submissions, and 1,331 votes! The winner of Bevy Jam #7 is ... PvF! kaiva-morphin.itch.io/pacmodillo-v... And here are the jam results: itch.io/jam/bevy-jam...

Bevy Jam #7 starts in 2 days! It isn't too late to sign up! itch.io/jam/bevy-jam-7

If you are into grid based logic puzzles like me, check out my new #bevy app with Kings (1-star) and Three in a row puzzles. You can generate new puzzles offline and on the device. No ads or limits on how many puzzles you get per day 🥳 braingames.nikl.me/android braingames.nikl.me/ios

Do I understand this correctly, that the main php package repository packagist.org does not allow publishing packages out of mono repos without paying 59€ per month for "Private Packagist"? Why can I only publish packages by connecting a GitHub repository and having them crawl it? O.o

Looking forward to it!

Bevy 0.18 is out now! It features Atmosphere Occlusion and PBR Shading, Generalized Atmospheric Scattering Media, Solari features, PBR Fixes, Font Variations, Automatic Directional Navigation, Fullscreen Materials, Cargo Feature Collections, Camera Controllers, and more! bevy.org/news/bevy-0-...

`iyes_progress` version 0.15.0 and `bevy_asset_loader` version 0.24.0 were published with Bevy 0.17 support. Just in time for the first @bevy.org 0.18 release candidate ^^

The Bevy Metrics dashboard is now live at metrics.bevy.org! For each Bevy commit this tracks compile times, binary size, and runs stress tests on standardized, real gaming hardware. These are all graphed to identify historical trends and track down commits that improve or regress the state of Bevy!

Received some of my @fosdem.org @bevy.org swag, find me if you’re coming to Fosdem!

Oicana now supports Rust and Node.js! The same Oicana templates compile with dynamic inputs from C#, Node.js, Rust, and TS/JS in the browser. Check out the updated getting started guide: docs.oicana.com/getting-star...

Every time someone writes a @typst.app package with gorgeous graphics, I start inventing reasons to use it. Currently accepting ideas for Sankey diagrams ✨ The package -> github.com/solstice23/t...

Great writeup on why Typst excels at automatic PDF generation and how to get started. Oicana builds on this with ready-to-use libraries (C#/Node.js/browser) and developer tools to make templating even easier. docs.oicana.com/getting-star...

I am using NestJS for the first time to build the Node.js example project for Oicana. The DI system seemed a bit strange at first, but it's growing on me. Definitely better than using plain Axios, which is what we did at work last time I was writing Node services ^^

Every Oicana integration is built for (near) native compilation speed on its platform. We've got you covered from the browser to the backend! Our GitHub organization has open-source example projects for every available integration*. See how to use Oicana in your stack! 🔗 github.com/oicana

The experimental static site generator Cinnog is now updated to #leptos 0.8 and #bevy ECS 0.17 Write static sites with in Leptos island mode. Bevy ECS is used as a data layer that can be queried with "normal" rust code. github.com/NiklasEi/cin...

This has been my side project for more than a year now. I am very exited for Typst and think that it deserves a lot more usage in business software. Give Oicana a try and let me know what you think 😊

Bevy 0.17 is out now! It features Raytracing, Improved Observers / Events, UI Widgets, Rust Hotpatching, Light Textures, DLSS, Tilemap Chunks, Web Assets, Reflect Auto-Registration, UI Gradients, Raymarched Atmosphere, Virtual Geometry BVH Culling, and more! bevy.org/news/bevy-0-17

In the past two years, Typst has become the foundation to base document writing on for so many people. With the lessons from their experience, we are launching our new website today.

Today is Bevy's fifth birthday! As always, I've used this as a chance to reflect on the past year and outline my hopes and dreams for the next year of #bevy: bevy.org/news/bevys-f...

🦀 OpenGraph images for crates.io are working now! 🎉 Example: crates.io/crates/hashb... Backfilling all 188k images took about 9.5 hours :) #rustlang

🦀 crates.io might get OpenGraph images for each crate soon: github.com/rust-lang/cr... ✨ #rustlang

My submission for the #bevy game jam 6 is snake played on a match 3 board. The snake head triggers matches while the tail is sorting gems. Grow as big as you can without biting yourself or getting hit by a chain reaction. niklme.itch.io/snake-head-v... #gamedev

For the #bevy jam with the topic "chain reaction", I had the idea to play match 3 along snake. But after building the snake part, I didn't like the idea anymore ^^ New idea: only the snake triggers matches. The match 3 chain reactions kill the snake when hitting the body. Only two days left ⌛

Support for AssetServer also means you can now use other #Bevy plugins such as @nikl.me's bevy_asset_loader with your Godot assets ✨

It is almost time for Bevy Jam #6, the official #Bevy game jam! The jam starts on May 31st (8 days from now) and runs until June 8th. You can sign up, read the rules, and find teammates here: itch.io/jam/bevy-jam-6

Finally managed to start publishing my plugin updates for #bevy version 0.16. bevy_common_assets is a collection of generic asset loaders for common file formats. Version 0.13 is now available can load ron, toml, yaml, json, msgpack, xml, csv, and postcard assets. github.com/NiklasEi/bev...

Bevy 0.16 is out now! It features GPU-Driven Rendering, Procedural Atmospheric Scattering, Decals, Occlusion Culling, Relationships, Better Spawning, Unified Error Handling, `no_std`, Faster Transform Propagation, and more! bevyengine.org/news/bevy-0-...

Just noticed that the #bevy WebGPU examples work in Chrome now on my Android phone 🥳 But they are broken on my desktop now... You win some, you lose some 😅 bevyengine.org/examples-web...

bevy_asset_loader v0.23.0-rc.3 is out and compatible with the (most probably) last #bevy release candidate of this development cycle. I am very excited for Bevy 0.16!

I started using @zed.dev a couple months back and it's awesome. One issue I stumbled over: I couldn't execute examples with required features through the IDE. My small PR with an implementation for that was just merged 🥳 #opensource for the win! github.com/zed-industri...

bevy_asset_loader now has a published release candidate for Bevy 0.16 This #bevy plugin simplifies loading assets during a loading state. crates.io/crates/bevy_...

This is the best looking site using my experimental static site generator Cinnog that I know of! So happy that someone else can get some use out of it 🥳 github.com/NiklasEi/cin...

Started work on preparing my #bevy plugins for the next engine version 0.16. bevy_common_assets version 0.13.0-rc.1 is out on crates.io and compatible with the recently released Bevy 0.16.0-rc.1.

** Workshop announcement ** Learn (more) Rust at RustWeek 2025! Workshop: Let's build our first Bevy game! Trainers: Alice Ivy Cecile / @alice-i-cecile.bsky.social and François Mockers Details & tickets: rustweek.org/workshops/be... See you in Utrecht 13-17 May, 2025! #rustweek #rustlang

I was really looking forward to this release. The improvements for WASM plugins and support for PDF/A-3b export with file embeddings are great!

As an example of the performance, Activision's Caldera map, with ~30k meshes and millions of polys is about: * 60 ms/frame in 0.14; * 45 ms/frame in 0.15; * 9.1 ms/frame in 0.16 (with all my PRs landed). By way of comparison, Blender won't even load the glTF file, it's so big.

Most software I wrote outside of work so far is open source. Now I have a project that I would like to sell but still publish on GitHub. It feels so weird to think about pricing and (non)commercial licenses!

I made a thing, and it’s called Fling a Ding (working title 😅). It’s a physics based Highscore chaser, which my friends tell me is slightly addictive and made for mobile! Please check it out (free): occuros.itch.io/fling-a-ding And let me know what you think! #bevyengine #indiegame #gamedev

The new version of bevy_kira_audio, an alternative #bevy audio plugin, updates the plugin to the latest version of the audio engine Kira. Spatial audio now supports different radii for emitters and Bevys easing curves for the volume damping over distance. github.com/NiklasEi/bev...

Bevy is finally registered as a game engine on itch.io! You can now label your game as "made with bevy" by adding it to its metadata. itch.io/game-develop...

Last #Bevy 0.15 plugin update from my side: bevy_asset_loader bevy_asset_loader helps configure loading states for simplified asset handling (think loading screen). Asset handles can be accessed in later states through Resources. crates.io/crates/bevy_...

Cinnog, an experimental static site generator using #Leptos and #Bevy ECS, has been updated. The idea is to use the ECS as a data layer (like #Gatsby uses GraphQL). It's still a bit clunky, but fun to query data with Rust syntax using Bevy systems! This release bumps Lepos to 0.7 and Bevy to 0.15

Next plugin update for #bevy 0.15 I just released version 0.21 of bevy_kira_audio, an alternative audio plugin for Bevy using github.com/tesselode/kira github.com/NiklasEi/bev...

bevy_common_assets is a collection of asset loaders for file formats like JSON, ron, toml, yaml and others. The latest release supports the just published #bevy version 0.15. github.com/NiklasEi/bev...

Bevy 0.15 is out now! It features Required Components, Entity Picking, Generalized Entity Animation, Animation Masks, Curves, Function reflection, Bevy Remote Protocol, VBAO, OIT, Chromatic Aberration, Fog volumes, Better Text, Gamepads as Entities, and more! bevyengine.org/news/bevy-0-15